Move over John Wick, as it looks like we have a new assassin in town. Starring Academy Award winner Charlize Theron; Atomic Blonde is an action thriller set in 1989 that follows a spy who has to locate a list of double agents who are being smuggled into the West on the eve of the collapse of the Berlin Wall.
Taking some visual and action cues from the aforementioned hits John Wick and its sequel, Charlize went through a rigorous training regime aptly titled ‘Fight like a Girl’.
“I had incredible teachers who were incredibly patient with me. Right from the beginning, the trainers and fight choreographers were very clear with how I was going to fight. how a woman would really be able to fight and not break every bone in her first.”
According to director David Leitch, he was so impressed with Charlize’s skill on set, he altered the fight direction to include longer takes and fewer cuts, utilizing elements from striking to grappling to weaponry.
“She’s been the top one percentile of actors who do their own action.”
Check out the training below.
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Charlize Theron (born 7 August 1975) is a South African/American actress and film producer. She has starred in several Hollywood films, such as The Devil’s Advocate (1997), Mighty Joe Young (1998), The Cider House Rules (1999), Monster (2003), The Italian Job (2003), Hancock (2008), A Million Ways to Die in the West (2014), Mad Max: Fury Road (2015) and The Fate of the Furious (2017).
Theron received critical acclaim for her portrayal of serial killer Aileen Wuornos in Monster (2003), for which she won the Academy Award, Silver Bear, Golden Globe Award and Screen Actors Guild Award for Best Actress.[Source: Wiki]
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